{"id":426,"date":"2006-04-03T10:13:52","date_gmt":"2006-04-03T17:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/?p=426"},"modified":"2006-04-03T10:13:52","modified_gmt":"2006-04-03T17:13:52","slug":"comment_jackie_mclean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2006\/04\/comment_jackie_mclean\/","title":{"rendered":"Comment: Jackie McLean"},"content":{"rendered":"

Doug,
\nI was really saddened to hear about his passing. Huge inspiration to me as a young player. I’d toss the following into your list (see below). I’ve always had a preference for the records that were a little more angular and less Blue Note-boogalocentric.
\nBluesnik<\/a> <\/em>
\n(includes great playing by Pete LaRoca)
\n4 5 6<\/a> <\/em>
\n(excellent earlier McLean, with great versions of “Why Was I Born” and “Sentimental Journey”–showing a knack for Sonny Rollins-like sense of phrasing. Album has solid contributions for Mal Wadron and Mobley too! Listen closely, Art Taylor’s hi-hat pedal needs to be oiled)
\nRight Now!<\/a><\/em>
\n(Especially notable for Clifford Jarvis’ s hard-swinging drumming and McLean’s tune “Eco”, burning!)
\nI’d also throw in the curveball of the 1967 session Demon’s Dance<\/a> <\/em>
\n(which features Woody Shaw, Jack DeJohnette and two great tunes: Shaw’s “Sweet Love of Mine” and the gorgeous ballad “Toyland”).
\nTim DuRoche <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Doug, I was really saddened to hear about his passing. Huge inspiration to me as a young player. I’d toss the following into your list (see below). I’ve always had a preference for the records that were a little more angular and less Blue Note-boogalocentric. Bluesnik (includes great playing by Pete LaRoca) 4 5 6 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-426","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}